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The fluorescent lights of the community center hummed like a swarm of angry wasps, casting a sickly glow over the plastic tablecloths still smeared with the aftermath of a dozen children’s birthday cakes. Molly crouched behind a stack of folding chairs, her fingers tracing the edges of a hand-drawn invitations scavenged from a trash bin earlier that day. Bill, meanwhile, was hunched over a clipboard, squinting at a hastily sketched floorplan that looked like it had been chewed on by a raccoon. “So let me get this straight,” he muttered, “we’re breaking into a Chuck E. Cheese at noon because that’s when the kids are eating pizza and the employees are too busy playing bingo with the parents?” Molly didn’t look up. “Nah, we’re hitting the *other* place. The one with the ball pit and the clown on the flyer. Simpler layout, fewer cops, and zero chance the manager knows what ‘inventory reconciliation’ means.” Bill scoffed, dragging a grease-stained donut across the paper, leaving a sugary trail that did little to clarify the scribbles. “You realize we’re stealing toys, right? Stuffed unicorns, jump rope sets, that one knockoff Lego set they got from the dollar store—” “Which we will sell for, like, four bucks each to the pawn shop on 5th,” Molly finished, finally looking up. “It’s not high art, Bill. But it *is* predictable. And right now, predictability is our best disguise.” Outside, a child wailed over a popped balloon. The sounds of tiny footsteps and plastic cutlery clattering on trays drifted through the cracked door like a warped lullaby. Bill exhaled, his breath fogging the ill-fitting name tag he’d stolen from a janitor earlier. “Fine. But if we get stuck wrapping another kid’s hand because some toddler jammed a present staple into their thumb, I’m walking.”